On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 5:53 AM, Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since commit dc39e09942 (files_ref_store: use a transaction to update > packed refs, 2017-09-08), we've been rewriting the `packed-refs` file > unnecessarily when deleting a loose reference that has no packed > counterpart. Add some tests demonstrating this problem, then fix it by > teaching `files_backend` to see whether any references being deleted > have packed versions, and if not, skipping the packed_refs > transaction. > > This is a mild regression since 2.14, which avoided rewriting the > `packed-refs` file in these cases [...] Should the above information (that this fixes a regression) be mentioned in the commit message of at least one of the patches (probably 2/2)? Without such context, it may not be clear to someone later reading those commit message -- someone who wasn't following this email discussion -- that this behavior had been lost and is now being restored.
